School desk and seat



(No Model.)

G. HAMEL.

SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT. No. 400,078. Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,078, dated March26, 1889.

Application filed October 3, 1888. Serial No. 287,065. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVUS HAMEL, of De Soto, in the county ofJefferson and State of Missouri, have invented anew and Improved SchoolDesk and Seat, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to improvements in school desks and seats, such asshown and described in Letters Patent No. 318,183, granted to me May 19,1885.

The object of the present invent-ion is to provide anew and improvedschool desk and seat, which is very simple and durable in constructionin which the seat noiselessly slides back under the desk or is easilymoved Figure 1 is a perspective View of the im-.

provement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the lower part of theimprovement, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the upper end of thebrace.

The desk A is supported by two corner legs or standards,'B, which areslightly i11- clined, and are secured to the floor by means ofangle-irons C. An inclined brace-bar, D,

' is secured at its upper end to each leg or standard B, at or near themiddle, and its lower end is secured to the floor below the desk A. Theupper end, E, of each brace D projects slightly to the front of thestandard B, and carries a pin, F, extending inward an d being covered byrubber or other suitable material. \Vhen the seat is in a horizontalclearly shown in Fig. 2.

extends from the arm H to the arm J and serves as a stop when the seatis folded up.

Said bar L then comes in contact with the stoppin F. The seat-brackets Isupport in the usual manner the seat N, and the back 0 of the seat issecured to the standards or legs B. YVhen the seat is in a horizontalposition, the hooks G prevent a further downward swinging motion of theseat-brackets I as the said hooks G engage the stoppins F, as is hen theoperator desires to throw up the scat, he presses against the seat orseatbrackets I, so that the latter slide back into the position shown indotted lines. This rearward swinging motion of the seat-brackets I islimited by the bars L striking against the stop-pins F. As thelatter arecovered with rubber or other suitable soft material, all noise isprevented in folding up or closing the seat.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent In a combined desk and seat, the combination,with the desk-supporting standards I5, of the braces D, secured to thefloor at their lower ends and at their upper ends to the standards 13,and carrying the pins F on their inner faces, the angle-iron O, securedto the lower end of the desk-standard, and the seat- GUSTAVUS HAMEL.

Vitnesses:

O. M. MUNROE, WM. F. EDINGER.

